Name that Style Flashcards
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Alliteration
“Over the misty moor, from the dark, dripping cave of his dim lair…” (from Beowulf)
Alliteration
The snow swept silently through the city
Alliteration
“The human heart has hidden treasures, in secret kept, in silence sealed…” (from Jane Eyre)
Alliteration
The wind whistled as it whipped through the trees.
Alliteration
“I rallied our rather demoralized and discouraged forces..” (from Up from Slavery)
Alliteration
“The door swung open and out rushed a little red whirlwind with flopping ears.” (Adam of the Road)
Metaphor
“Forgiveness is the mightiest sword.” (from Jane Eyre)
Metaphor
“The moon was a ghostly galleon upon the cloudy sea.” (The Highwayman)
Metaphor
“Never shall I forget those moments that…turned my dreams to ashes.” (Night)
Metaphor
“The trees were charcoal smudges against the iron-gray sky.” (from Pictures of Hollis Woods)
Metaphor
“The slave stood like a beast of stone.” (The Bronze Bow)
Simile
“The thought of Gebu, like the ache of a tooth, was hard to lose.” (from The Golden Goblet)
Simile
“The sea star spread out its stomach like a frilled napkin.” (Pagoo)
Simile
“The Navajos came from all directions…It was like a storm when water trickles from everywhere and flows into the river.” (Sing Down the Moon)
Simile
“Like ghosts, David’s men melted into the surrounding hills.” (from The Fugitive King)
Simile
“The big tree seemed to be angry at the tree’s stubborn resistance. It groaned and moaned as it pushed harder and harder.” (Where the Red Fern Grows)
Personification
The gray clouds swallowed up the last bit of day.
Personification
Pines slept under a blanket of snow.
Personification
The lonesome howl of a coyote echoed through the canyon.
Personification
Snowflakes danced in the wind.
Personification
“An evening stillness crept through the golden woods.” (from Caddie Woodlawn)
Personification
The terrible storm rocked the tiny ship. Rain pelted the deck. Lightning flashed. Thunder boomed.
3sss
Suddenly a man’s hand appeared out of nowhere. On the wall it wrote in a baffling language. Now Belshazzar was alarmed. His knees knocked. His hand trembled.
3sss + alliteration
Shackles ripped and tore their bare feet.
dual verbs
The Drinking Gourd filled his vision, leading the way. It was a constant and unfailing companion.
dual adjectives + metaphor
“Never in the field of conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” (Winston Churchill)
triple prepositions
“…that government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from this earth.” (Abraham Lincoln)
triple prepositions
The stage coach suddenly and uncontrollably tipped as the terrified driver tried to steer away from the cliff.
teeter-totter + dual -ly
“The cocky, confident Casey, who was the Mudville nine’s star hitter, struck out.”
teeter-totter, alliteration, dual adjectives + who/which clause
“…the hippo so ugly that it has a kind of handsome charm, possibly rugged charm or even fearful charm.”
triple word (charm), triple adjectives
“…hippos are decorated and trimmed with bright neon pink around the eyes, along the sides of the face and over the underbelly.”
dual verb + triple preposition
Fiercely the forest fire flared. It blackened the earth. Endlessly it raged.
3sss
“… the hippo spent hours admiring himself at the river bank, turning, twisting, and twirling this way and that…”
triple -ing
